The Book of Ana Karithon

[GromBloodboy]

Seeing as Marvel is very rarely allowed, the CA thing won't work and she and Syvarris and Raelin will be severly severed in that. Even with someone like Tandros and another 100 points, such as the Krav, you are going to be hurting without the Captain.

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Originally Posted by GromBloodboy

Seeing as Marvel is very rarely allowed, the CA thing won't work and she and Syvarris and Raelin will be severly severed in that.

Well, Marvel is allowed in lots of places. Even Gencon has the mixed marvel event, the Northeast often has marvel-eligible events, some areas of the midwest have introduced the "Jotun rule" that allows Captain America and all the marvel figures cheaper than him, and the tournaments around here are all fully mixed Marvel.

That said, yes, the Captain really makes this combo go. The synergy is so great because Ana really forces you to keep your heroes clumped, and that brings Captain America's tactician bonus into play. Taking Syvarris from 3A/2D to 4A/5D (plus healing) is huger than huge.

Originally Posted by GromBloodboy

Even with someone like Tandros and another 100 points, such as the Krav, you are going to be hurting without the Captain.

The Krav, while being really great of course, don't benefit at all from Ana's healing power. The Krav (and Skahen) do benefit from Tandros's ability to force engaged figures to attack him in stead of the stealth dodgers, though. But against squads, it can be pretty tricky to block up everyone with Tandros alone.

At any rate having the Krav and Syvarris in the same army just seems like redundancy. If I had to play Ana in a no-Marvel environment, the first figures I'd be inclined to add to Raelin and Ana would be Sonlen and Kaemon Awa. Or, taking it in another direction, you could add Skahen and Laglor. (killercactus thought of that one too.)

As befits a D&D figure, putting Ana in your army really biases you towards picking heroes as opposed to squads.

ETA: it's also worth noting that the Ana/Raelin/Sonlen combo works great with Q9, as mccombju observed. That's probably the best non-marvel option, even though Q9 can't be healed directly by Ana.